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As an award winning blogger, David Butler helps others explore the world of craft beer in Northern Colorado. Fermentedly Challenged helps you find great places to enjoy a beer, listen to music, enjoy a meal and find a discount on your next pint. Follow along on social media - @ChipperDave on Twitter and on Facebook.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Today is Dollar Day. Back on this date in 1786, the Continental Congress of the United States authorized the issuance of the US Dollar. Back then, a dollar could buy you a lot. Today, you can't buy much for a dollar. Instead, a dollar is usually mentioned as something you can get off as a discount. Times have changed. Here's what's happening around the Colorado beerosphere today Thursday, August 8th, 2013. If you aren't reading this article on FermentedlyChallenged.com, you don't know what you're missing.

Statewide

Beer Drinkers Guide to Colorado (Map) - It's here! The 7th Edition of the Beer Drinker's Guide to Colorado Map and Passport coupon book has been released. The map is filled with valuable information that will help you locate each of the 224+ brewing operations in the state, as well as state parks and ski areas in Colorado. The map also comes bundled with a Passport to Free Beer coupon book that contains around $300 worth of free beer and beer related discounts from 52 locations statewide. The coupon book alone pays for the map many times over, particularly if you enjoy traveling around to breweries on a regular basis. To preview the map, check out www.beerdrinkersguidetocolorado.com. Look for the map on sale at several taprooms across the state.

Beer Distribution (Front Range) - Starting in September, Texas brewery Saint Arnold Brewing Company will begin distributing their craft beer to the Front Range area of Colorado. Colorado will get 3 of their year-round beers initially, followed by seasonals and specialty beers. Colorado will become only the 2nd state outside of Texas to receive beer distributions from this brewery. Florida will also start receiving Saint Arnold beers as well, but in October.Metro Denver

AC Golden Brewing (Golden) - A new beer was just released this week that was brewed with all Colorado ingredients grown in Olathe, Colorado. It has Olathe hops, corn and barley. This beer is called "AC Golden Olathe Lager" and is a German-style lager that will be available in select parts of Colorado in both draft and bottles. Just 1,440 750-ml bottles were produced and will be available in Cedaredge, Delta, Grand Junction, Hotchkiss, Montrose, Olathe, Palisade and Paonia while supplies last. Hops were grown at Misty Mountain Hops Farm.

Dry Dock Brewing (Aurora) - For those keeping track, this Friday's firkin offering will be their "Peach Sunday Morning Ale". As always, these firkins get tapped around 3:00pm. Find this and many other new beer releases in the Colorado Beer Releases page.

Denver Beer Co (Denver) - This Saturday, August 10th marks the 2nd Anniversary for Denver Beer Company. They're hosting a party at the brewery and are closing down the street with live music, food trucks and over 20 different beers on tap, including a limited release of their Second Anniversary Beer - an Oak-aged Rye IPA. No entry fee - just pay for your food and beer.

Broken Plow Brewery (Greeley) - This new upcoming brewery has just received both their TTB (Federal) and State of Colorado approvals! The entire process only took 43 days (that's fast). Next comes getting their building and remodeling. Won't be long until they can start brewing beer in west Greeley.

Pateros Creek Brewing (Ft. Collins) - Our neighbors need our help again this year. The fires have been put out but now the flooding is destroying homes and roads making it nearly impossible to live in the area. Bobcat of the Rockies is donating equipment and Aaron Gray of IHS Excavating is donating time and know-how, but they can't do it alone. Come to the taproom on Sunday, August 18th between 3:00-7:00 pm to help raise money to mitigate the flooding happening in the High Park Fire burn area. There will be music, food, beer, root beer, games, a silent auction and more! Also, today marks another Outlaw Tap beer. This week it's McKenna's StrIPA - a strawberry IPA.

Grimm Brothers Brewhouse (Loveland) - The growler pick 'em contest is back on. Buy a Grimm Brothers growler fill-up and choose either Colorado State or University of Colorado for your growler cap to win in the upcoming Rocky Mountain Showdown. If your team wins, you'll get a free pint. If your team loses you'll still get a free 5oz taster. Bring your cap back in by September 4th. Everyone wins (21+ that is) with a growler fill.

City Star Brewing (Berthoud) - Hey Fort Collins! City Star will be the featured brewery at The Forge Publick House this evening from 6-8pm. Get $3 City Star beers and a chance for some giveaways.

American Eagle Distributing (Loveland) - [PRESS RELEASE - August 7, 2013] American Eagle Distributing Co. recently implemented a new Beverage Brand Finder tool on its website, www.AmericanEagleDistributing.com. Beer and beverage enthusiasts looking for a convenient, quick way to find out where they can purchase some of their favorite products (including craft beer) across northern Colorado can now use this Brand Finder to track down products. To access the tool, users should visit American Eagle Distributing’s website, locate the Portfolio drop down menu, where the first page option is Brand Finder. Once on the Brand Finder page, users can filter their search by packaging type (draft beer, packaged beer or non-alcoholic beverages), supplier (such as Anheuser-Busch, Epic, Funkwerks, Dancing Pines Distillery or Monster Energy), brand (the name of the specific product) and business type. The Brand Finder allows users to search a range of 10 to 100 miles from any zip code. Search results for the Beverage Brand Finder include a clickable map displaying locations where they can purchase the product they searched for, such as liquor stores, restaurants, bars, supermarkets, hotels – even bowling alleys and billiard halls. Search results also provide a comprehensive list including each business name, address, phone number, distance from the zip code entered, a link to a map and a link to other American Eagle brands sold at the business.

Southern Front Range

Craft Lager Festival (Manitou Springs) - For the last 10 years, a different brewery has had the honor of brewing up a special festival-only beer for the Craft Lager Fest called "Warning Sign Eis Bock". This year, the honor falls to Elevation Beer Company of Poncha Springs. They have brewed up a batch of this "legend" of a beer. Look for it at this weekend's Craft Lager Fest on Saturday, August 10th from 11am to 8pm. The festival will be located outside at Memorial Park - 502 Manitou Avenue. Beers from dozens breweries as well as craft distillery beverages will be on hand. More info at: www.craftlagerfestival.com.

Shamrock Brewing Co (Pueblo) - Embrace the dark! On tap now a new batch of their 3rd Street Coffee Stout. They hooked up with some compadres down the street and blended Solar Roast coffee into a delicious American stout. Keep on the lookout for a brand new IPA in the near future.

Mountains and West

Crazy Mountain Brewery (Edwards) - This year for Beaver Creek Resort's Oktoberfest celebration (August 31 - September 1), a craft brewery will be sponsoring this event instead of Bud Light. Crazy Mountain announced today that they will be the official beer sponsor of Beaver Creek's Oktoberfest and will be producing 3 special beers just for the occasion. They plan to brew an Oktoberfest lager, a Dunkelweizen and a Kolsch. These beers will only be available at the Oktoberfest. A Beer Garden will be open from 11am - 6pm at Beaver Creek Plaza on both Saturday & Sunday (8/31 & 9/1). For more info on this Oktoberfest visit: www.beavercreekoktoberfest.com. Other Oktoberfests scheduled in Colorado this year can be seen on the 2013 Colorado Oktoberfests page.
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Live Music in the Taproom - Beer and music go great together and many Colorado breweries and top watering holes offer live entertainment every day. Check out the Colorado Brewery Music Listings and find out who's playing at your favorite brewery or beer bar. Updated daily.

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